Economy Quotes
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As we move deeper into the 21st Century, the need for a quality public school system will become more of an economic issue and more of a civil rights issue. Because, as our economy relies more on brains and less on brawn, the only way everyone can secure all the blessings of liberty is to receive a quality education.
Janet Napolitano
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In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.
Barack Obama
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A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.
Vladimir Bukovsky
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The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.
Henry Paulson
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The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.
Ben Bernanke
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After several false starts, the economy is showing signs of sustained recovery.
Ben Bernanke
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Yes, we should consider ways to address the deficit and bring real, direct relief to the gulf region, ... but we must not lose sight of maintaining the infrastructure that supports our economy and way of life.
Olympia Snowe
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A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible.
William Baldwin
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The U.S. economy is in the midst of a strong and sustainable economic expansion.
Ben Bernanke
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In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.
William Irwin Thompson
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Are people behaving as if they believe this is a weak economy? I see no indication of that. In fact, I see the contrary.
Edward Lazear
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As we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity.
Tom Harkin
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Well, our economy is very strong and growing. We have created 5.4 million new jobs in the last 3 years. Our unemployment rate is better than the average unemployment rate of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Ric Keller
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Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.
Alexander Stille
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As long as we find that the energy impact is only temporary ... my guess is that the effects on the overall economy will be fairly modest.
Ben Bernanke
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The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.
Ben Bernanke
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I've been able to stretch myself, covering policy, looking at tax reform, looking at the broader economy [being at Fox]. It's no longer [just] about the stock market. I'm having a ball. And, the glamor of TV also makes it fun.
Maria Bartiromo
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Clearly it's going to affect the Gulf Coast economy quite a bit. You've had a lot of property damage. Basic services are down.
Ben Bernanke
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In the past six months, our federal government has devised a dozen strategies to save America's financial markets. Each plan has been more costly, more risky, and less aligned with the principles of our country's free market economy than the last. I am disappointed to say that this latest plan puts all the rest of them to shame.
Michael Enzi
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The economy is still in very good shape.
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones
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If you increase the number of rockets you build and you buy, then it's the scale of the economy, the price is going to come down. It may not come down in order of magnitude, but if several commercial ventures start being successful and there becomes a bigger market for these rockets, the price will naturally come down a bit. That's why I think Excalibur Almaz, we're a little bit unique in that we don't look at our so-called competition with disdain, we want them to succeed and it needs to have more than one player. Even if we are successful, we couldn't handle the entire market ourselves.
Leroy Chiao
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Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment to the labor force, long-term unemployment may ultimately reduce the productive capacity of our economy.
Ben Bernanke
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Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.
Carly Fiorina
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What our economy needs is direct job creation by the government and mortgage-debt relief for stressed consumers. What it very much does not need is a transfer of billions of dollars to corporations that have no intention of hiring anyone except more lobbyists.
Paul Krugman